--- title: It took some time to discover the whereabouts of the old woman, but… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It took some time to discover the whereabouts of the old woman, but at length it was accomplished, and when she arrived at the palace with the equerry, she was received with royal honours, as became the bride of the prince. Who acts: It, woman. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, woman), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3454:4:9 # text = It took some time to discover the whereabouts of the old woman, but at length it was accomplished, and when she arrived at the palace with the equerry, she was received with royal honours, as became the bride of the prince. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 whereabouts whereabouts NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 equerry equerry NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 honours honour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 xcomp _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | It | | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **discover** | to-infinitive | | the whereabouts of the old woman | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whereabouts=Topic | | 3 | **accomplish** | past · passive | | length | | length | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **arrive** | past | woman | | | the palace with the equerry | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **receive** | past · passive | | woman | | | | with royal honours | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **become** | past | | the bride of the prince | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/10/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)